Châteauneuf-du-Pape
La Réserve
Rouge 2013
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Vintage on the freshness with moderate alcoholic degrees.
2013 is one of the latest vintages of these last 30 years, reminding us the maturities of the 1980's years. This vintage is characterized by low yields and by atypical balances where the fruit wins on the power.
Indeed, the spring 2013 is part of the coldest and wettest springs of these last years resulting in the delay of the vegetative, up to a couple of weeks. The blooming was disturbed by strong temperature variations and resulted in an important flower abortion on Grenache. The meteorological conditions of the 2013 summer were good but insufficient to catch up the time lost in spring.
The alcoholic and malolactic fermentations quickly ended giving good balance to the wine with beautiful acidities, with moderate alcoholic degrees and with a grenache on the fruit. White wines present a beautiful aromatic and gustative freshness with a good potential of ageing.
2013 is a vintage with low yield, on freshness and with moderate alcoholic degrees.
Grapes varieties: 55% Grenache and 45% Mourvédre
This wine presents a magnificent purple dress with brilliant reflections. The nose is elegant, marked by the licorice stick and the violet Zan, on crystallized cherries and ginger plums marks. The mouth is smooth, soft with a lot of volume, marked by red berries and by licorice liqueur. We perceive in finale, of numerous spiced marks (wild cade and long pepper of Indonesia). This wine is excessively long and pleasant
Potential to be aged more than 20 years.